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C AOT 0 L LT 0 "
BY M. G. DAVIS: 'TIHE 'S'x' SSI:"Ls OI ALL. PUBLISHER.
·OL; III. oITY 0 O CARR, 1, OF JEFFERSON, LA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1860. NO.22.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE SUNNY SOUTH:
Or, The Southerner at Home,
Embracing five years' Ex l , Northern
Governess in the land of and the
Cotton. A work Edittit by H. Ingra
ham of luiss. Published by4G. G. Evanams
Philadelphia.
" The object of tlis work is
justice to the Soutliern Plan
at the same tinme, afford infor
an agreeable forii to the N
We copy at page 59, w
ter says: : 1
I am already getting re
slavery, since I find that it doe
reality, exhibit the revolting ho
was taught in the North to disco
it. There are many things to a
and to interest one in the social an
mestic condition of the slaves, and I
almost ready to acknowledge that A
African is haplpicr in bondage tlhan fr
At least one thing is certain; near
all the free negroes I have ever seen
the North were miserable creatures,
poor, ragged, and often criminal. Here
they are well clad, moral, nearly all reli
gious, and the temptations that demor
alize the free blacks in our Northern
cities are unknown to, and cannot ap
proach themn.
C e * * * *
I have seen a good deal of the African
race since I have been here, and I am:
persuaded that they are far more relii
giously disposed than the lower a,
middle class of whites. There are b
four negroes on the colonel's ilant- -
tion, that are not "members" of the
church, and who do not try to square
their lives with the precepts of the
Gospel, so far as they understand them.
This is the case, I learn, on all the
neighboring plantations, and I amn in
formed by the intelligent lpersons that
it is more or less so throughout the
whole South. It would thus Knem, that
God, in his providence, has permitted
slavery to be the instrnumeint of chris
tianizing Africa, by bringing Africa to
Christian shores; and colonization by
reaction on the shores of Africa, is
completing the mysterious dispensation.
* * C 7 .- i
In our ride of five miles we met but
three persons. One of these was an
old African with a head as whitQ as wool,
and a face, venerable and lined with
age, and a snowy beard. His appear
ance was striking, and reminded me of
a black patriarch, especially as he wore
a gray blanket over his shoulder lilk a
mantle. And let ime remark, that a
blanket completes a negrlO(e's winter
costume here ; sometimes it is made
into a coat, but more frequently, for
the advantage of having it as a covering
at night, wore entire, like a shawl, or a
Spanish poncho. The African was
leading a tall ('ongo stripling,half-naked
to the waist, who had a hanging coun
tenance, as if he were an offender of
some sort.
"That is old Juha with his grandson
Toni, tied," said the colonel, as they
drew near. "Torn has been playing
the runawany in the woods these three
weeks. So, uncle Juba," added the
colonel in the kind, familiar tone, ia,
which masters hoire, who are gentlemimn,
address their ll laves; , oii'v,
caught .14)"1
"' s, iiassa, lia- C'itcli de b cI r\ bad
bo'! llte n-h , ia ir rii I- h self f,. i, tinii
gotdti llf lie get halitIl i ll rnllili' ' ay dis
way ! ttld .Jaltht fIl Iu're v slhatu ib
inim. M,' gig giro if hli, nit git him
home. Hie ,i -ra' to (I,, fallily !
('oreni 'Ii ag. y ai niiger, a'n't ynt shaltmne
youself , trunl t11 inl d ,'ooditl lik' a dog
tief ?"
With this alptal tihe old manill ave
the thng a j.'rk, anid, touching his old
hat in respect.i( l lIt maige to his fliastrl
land tto oursli ve.- its "viourg rnlis.isses,'"
dragged his ragiatnillin grandsoirt iof
cightee.n yie;rs oat tii way back toi the
plantatioiil.
as e ru Ii . ift, " in nv famit il:y
t'venti f r i ll y~ a .lir . 114 . 1ai ,,uthlt
ih lt itt " ftri ldfi th r I ,.f,,r, . th I l I-i 14.'
ii ti'n , l i l Ifri :u tr i, .l r hiii r' i
firot m ,;tl thll ' tl'; ii : t l.,:,,I , ,f .r. 11. ' vlw .
ic~lin 1.41 - I: ii ' . 1,4-11 411" . 1 i, II l,, X -
ti pi i.i fl ith"i' l. a mi · - i -,,lt.i- ,t , ' i
ti- ,r ,]r i,,rl. "Ihll v -tmall~ in ;,,; ,
him;rut he would as soon
ing the old man as sesis
thority.
We had not rid l ore than :a mile
after parting wi d his captive,
when we saw a uding as
tinnres as a sha frem
ocjP The attitu 1
g, and a near
it was an
his rifle.
of
so et
eaaased aand e orna
seen.
In blt , a long
kfme in a. 'ssk a
pouch for d anoter
large on eons articles.
His rifle " er, with. t.
any groovel to
i, and. a time to ob
s, for we stop
nmtes "talk" with
arrior to was,having
S enerafl Jackson, 10
ears a two of the mels'
uspende om his neck wertl es
upon him, the colonel said by
"hero." The Indian was full;t,
-years of age,. but tiie b,4
whited a hair inhis lo
stern, dignified as a
moved or regarded us
him.
"Good morning, Ca
the colonel; "a fineo da
You seem to be on the c
as we!"
The Indian chief smil at
the courteous and bland
colonel, and answered if
tone, that completely cam
idea of a "manly voice."
" Ya, white chief! '!
Deer not much plenty ! God day hunt,
but deer not much plenty ! White man
leave no more deer for Indian rifle !"
and he slowly shook his head, cast his
eyes sadly to the earth and remained
silent.
" Why do you and your people not
remove west, chief!" asked the col
onel.. " You will find vast hunting
grounds there-no white man will in
trude upon you--ou can there be happy
and powerful !"
" Indian never more be great, white
chief!" responded the old warrior, with
a heavy cloiud darkening the noble out
line of his Washington like features.
As he spoke, he turned and strode
away with the air and bearing of Forrest
as Metamora, ave that .the oun, is imita
tion, and the other nature,
""Who is that noble looking chief?"
I inquired of the colonel, for his sullen
pride and solitary condition had inspired
me with a curiosity to' know his history.
"That is the celebrated. Creeok chief
Nel.stiran, was his reply as we resumed
our ride, while tire chief disappeared in
the' tl'ptls )of the woodland. "I It, was
in ,lly.of .Inekson's in the Indian wars,
anlltd 's of ,t L('at at.si :tintc to) the c( -,'.
'J' a cnur, chl menits of civilizatit,i tinl,,,i
hii hutnting grouandls, which wer. (OWce
a httalrld imilts in extent throulgh this
rei"io,., a, ht te, inml sll,'d it st of li-i tribei
to riotvte 1it the W'-st of the 1i:i
sili. itat In aind IL few of his fri,.',ls
retu-fj to go. lite has sworn, I atm told,
upon the'graties of his fat'hers, that Ith
,will never dessert thetm. i t remaiJu to
,protect and die upon 11o i n! Ali, he
will k,. pl hi.: w it,rl. S,",i,.til,. s Ihe is
'e'n t hun r ,d mi s s t f thiis, butI,
hl' is mnever lung ahstent frnt tht ,totral
s,;t ,of his trile, which is a beaaut iful
valley t hiles to the IeaIt and south
of us. f'Orc lit him it the
fI ,re. t, i n et, all ,thtrs ,,f hit.
it itlV t.V  ss th,. l ,.h,,li , 1 ,,f
,re a1e rotl.trs,, yt ' .t lt' vE, r
Sn i at .I Al tn.r an hiunt r- ltardl. -
Thr,,. re ir ,,, NIt-ai , was -...
I - wtns' , ,.-tttrday 'afternn ,n,
a -c'n m'th *'hil1r  ue infinit.
, ,- u m ut. " !. t-_ ,. hadis r,.,m ,u
lil 'v 1,' 'I t .... i tion' it+ h,.,,  ., r :
ir, r- l th;tt li', ,,utgit to
,:.:It . . . ' t ,, ,:l [:,  ; ,, n am t .'. I,
the Orpheus and " 01e Bull" of
wtation. It has been his custom
evenings, after the day's work is
over, to seat himself on a bench beneath
a lm that grows in the centre of
lage or Quartier. Here,
,fiddle, would gather
ulation to dance. At
es regular lessons to
I  s in dancing to the
jo, a their juvenile voices
classic airs of Mondango and
ea; heredit ' tunes, that have
brought fromn Africa, and which
ow spread over the land to such
as "Julian Johnson, don't you
"Old Dan Tucker," "Long Time
," etc.
e had just risen from the tea-table,
'last evening when old George made his
appearance at the steps of the gallery,
and, baring his bald head, he bowed
with a politeness of Lord Chesterfield
would have envied, and made us his
speech :
"Young Missises and Massa colonel;
old George take de liberty to 'vite you to
come to de dance out door by the ol' elm,
Massa hab giv' me new fiddle, and I take
pleasure to giv' de white folks a concert,
and' how de young ladies how my schol
ars e."
accepted George's polite invita
tilS a the moon was tu!l we went
:o e village. We were guided to
th'4ie the bright light shed from half
Oenpine torches, help in the hands of
a-s myd 4ricans animated statues, whom
Geor~.- had conspicuously stationed to
t upon the scene.
preached the spot, I was struck
ovelty, for I have not yet been
ugh here to become fan.iliar with
utation customs. I have told you
t the negro village of the estate is pic
resquely disposed on the boarders of a
ty mere, a few hundred yards from the
e. We crossed the water, by a wick
idge, and had most of the dwellings
e slaves in full view, oucopying two
ets and three sides of a square. The
lights of pine-wood flung a red and wild
glare upon their fronts, and upon the lake.
and upon a group of more than a hundred
Africans of buth sexes,-who wete assem
bled about the tree. It revealed, also, here
and there an old man or woman, helpless
through age, seated in their hut-doors, in
order to enjoy as much of what was going
on as they could.
We already found the dignified George
seated upon his bench, fiddle in hand. On
his right, stood a short, fat negro. holding
a banjo, on his left was another slave,
with eyes like the bottoms of China cups,
holding two beollow sticks in his hands.
Behind George was a toothless negress,
having before her a section of a hollow
tree, shaped lilke a drum, with a dried deer
skin, drawn tightly over it; in her shlining
fist she grasped a sort of mallet. Chairs,
assiduously provided were placed for us,
and the buzzing of pleasure, occasioned
by the nurrroeus company of Ham's p"'s
terity, having subsilded, at a majestic
wave of George's fiddle bow, the concert
began ! The first tune was a solo, and
new to me, and so beautiful and simple
that I made old George play it for me to
day in the house, and 1 copied the nmusic as
he did so. Ile says his father taught it to
him. Certainly the negroes have striking
native airs, charaicterized by delightlul
surprises and touching rsimplicity. Th
chlief ,culi:,rity is chleerlfulness.
(Gerge havin, lirt pliayed a soft stri::,
the hiun.j .struck in a seconrd ; then armne
the hollw -ticlki, lik c:astanlts, bt five
tile.s as lar',. ]lo! f.'. and ,)orf' Ion al- "
lari, lastly, the o,!l i 'greps thl rnlerl in a
,e-c on her hollow drum. 'I'hl Ji .r. .t
tithe, the sweet Iarnmo:, hthe noubvI ",
the trange -onds, the singular ,l'.mbnh l
atiot enchanted rie. I nmi-t cont]fess, that
I never heard trume music: before, ; but then
I .hnhld acllnowledtce I have niot heard
Lary ,prat: IIcIu IC II an ,p,'r;i-hac - -
Ifut yio not -ioile if I say that I b,',,io
(;.'o andt' hi.-; three aiders atd a lettlors
would bhe li-tened to with pletIsurable
surprise, if they should !,lay as I ;,card
thorn play, by a Wuliut strc,'t audicnce.
Real African~engert singers are not how
ever,rin fashion. Voilte men blackel are
erly commh,:;Ifuta. Is .t r, oddl that a
city audiewce w.ll listen to iniatior- lre
giae, : id yet rlespiseC a cor eror o :oillrf)os
,'ul of the -i nopn re.-! After (;,org.
had played sEvw'ral pi,.',', (,t, ,,f whilch
was 'cy I ; a S I I al rove r
hard it tforfeanid ,1 receve!d our p,.
o-, h,, -aid, alwav' 1" 'ft", with ti, de g
tly ;f an .t r:,c
s" ves., iC me, ti d y,, , ,.
nia ler., S~r. how d. Hhite j(]ks h,,,w +,;
"dldd corn uNqn"nej.
"reCMxeronr a "eS.."+, of litth. I ;rki'.
frotO .yerrtt' ,f , tg' a ,oz,0 v, ir-.
- ,:., ii f'', t ' of 05. lialf ,f I 1 ,
.'.r,- , .f' to-< h t. th,,., lit h:i, -L. :
not ehing trdI,,l with ,or. -ip,,ri,,,,
,i ,r, I, nIo th,,'.' tflit ,i tr , -, r
skin was covered wi.h but one species
of garnient, and this was generally I
very sho:rt and very dirty, coarse
"' Now make the dirt fly !" shouted
George, t' he struck up a brisk air
alone-banjo, hollow sticks, and drum
being silent.
The younglings obeyed the command
to the letter. They danced like mad !
The short skirt flal flew ull) ar :1 down,
the black legs were :s thickly mixed up
as those of a centipede walt:.ing; woolly
heads, white eyes, glittering teeth, yells
and wihoops, yah-yahs, nud wou-wous,
all unitted, created a scene that my
shocked pen rctfuses to describe:. The
little inegroes did full credit to' old
George's skill, and he evidently felt it.
lie sawed away ldesperately till the
sweat rained from his furrowed! brow.
He writhed, and rose, and bent over,
and stood up, and did everything but
lie down, playing all the while without
cessation, and in a sort of rapturous
ecstasy. Banjo caught the inspiration,
and hollow sticks started after, while
drum pounded away like young thlun
der, yelling a chant all the whilU, that
had her grandmother sunill it to Mango
Park, would have driven himr from the
shelter of her but to the less horrible
howls of the desert. The little Africans
danced harder and harder. 'L'heir par
ents caught the spirit of the llenltlll
and this one, dashing his old .cap down,
sprang into the arena, and that one,
uttering a whoop, followed till full fifty
were engaged at once. I never enjoyed
anything so much ! 1 could fancy
myself witnessing 1some1 heathen incan
tation dance in the groves of Africa!
The moonlight shinling through the
trees, the red glare of the torches upon
them, their wild movements, their
strange and not uinmusical cries, as
they kept time with their voices to Itheir
quick tramping feet, their dark form1s,
their contortions, and perfect abandon,
constituted a tout ensemblo that must
be witnessed to be appreciated.
Suddenly, in the height of their di
version the plantation bell began to
4trike eight o'clock. When the first
troke was heard fronm the turret of
the overseer's house, tlhere was a burst
of mingled surlprise and regret. They
shouted to Leach other t (lo dtheir best.;
and between the first and eighth stroke,
take my word for it, M r.- , nmore
dancing was done, and hairder, mndl
faster, and noisier, than was ever dlone
befo.e in so smatll a limitation of time,.
It semted they were all dotermimid ,to
hail) as Imuch pleasure into this tll-et ing
s4(e'e ais it. '(uld contain. With theiI
Ilst stroke, \every mIInII, woVmlllltll Ill
yo inglilg tilt eri I a yell, gatve a filnal
lopi into the air, and with the dyinl.g
vibration of tmhe hell's smuid ill was
quiet (1eorge even wiVIs alrrer:tl wivtlh
his bow in the air, 1and iln an attitude of
expiring delight, as if
" Dying of a tuWi, in orrluani.- i.
"Good night, ,boiys," said the c-olon'el.
in the cordial frank way he Ihas whenl he
speaks to his people; "you h:ave e,.njtye.l
yourselves, alid so have we. v eor',
your pupils, young aml obl, ido, you
credit."
"T'iinkoe, MasInus Colonal ; I kn-iw''l
you'd 1 ber hry mnuch grlify. I lihope
di you'tulirg ladieses is ekhilly ,ch1ri,,nld."
" iftW o a r htlrltr '{d, (,' or' (' ," I nll
w, r'e, ; att wvltich h,, 1 ,h. it , i : u, ,.rl,
Ih,,w. whetn we t,,,k o,,trll :, rt,ur . TI'll
:l 1 T :ls,, r .tir, lid ,, , t'I .1 ,w ,
taltin, tihl tart-li ,.s li r, h tii ti h ii ,
i hIl. I if,,i. ' a l ti ;: 1I e irt i ti, r I p i, !Ill
l.f the Afric,1 ,( : t Il tr.
A m't., ,, ,f1 //i r L "t, <',!. I' st,,..
Muany of ,or ,  e" ' t ir :1 i Iei i, llnwllltr llt,
stat ly p4rese1 t e, fi! dig I ll tuIi..
andri imp,,ing mtntInerdof (',lrn-,,l \\ l.
('. l'restn, of , utlh C trlitti. It «t o
whe.n thli se I. r litics were ii their pr iwii,.
ald I'restn repre'sented his State ii
the Snate of the l'mnited Stut-.-is, thatI
bu.in ss or pln s re c'alll hi t, the
h,-te i, . ir,..h, - l i, - wl 0 _amb l,'r.u , w h,
,ur,. th!, !,..... so n..... t, h,. w h at , rf, |! n
*"Cnioence what, sir' " usked tho
astonished Senator.
"l'shaw; none of that gamumou with
no ! The fact is, a few of us boys on
board want a little fun, and we won't.
pile it on too strong for you; so come
and' open at otbte."
"Rewally, sir," replied Preston, "I anm
totally at a loss to'guess your meaning ;
open what ?"
"Open what! why, the bank, of
course Maybe you think that our pile
isni't large enough to make it an.oljeet.
IBut we're not no poor as all that, any
how,"
The Senator inedittted gloomily, but
all was dark to him ; he was plunged ..
in a sea of doubt, uid .!o never met
any problem, not even a political one,
so hard to solve.
'Perluhaps,' broke in his pertinaciois
friend, agalini,after a considerable pltttise,
'perhatps you will say directly that you
are not it s porting man,'
'I certainly am nothing of the kind,
sir,' rejoined Preston, rather angrily,
'nid 1 can't imagine what put.the idea
into V'41r- head.'
Not a sporting man! Whew-w ! I
relve r lhrurd of such impudence. Well,
if youI iro not a sporting man, will you
plcoste to to ll me why you carry the
too,,ls abtout with yourP and he pbinted
to the mihdgany bor which he still
carried.
A light broke on Proslton's mind.
T'lThe imanhogany box!' he cried. ' Ah,
yes; ha! hit! ha! Very natural m1btake,
indeed, my good sir, very natural, in
deed! my good sir; very natural in-"
hdeed! Well, I will show you the con
telnts.' And laughing heartily, ho
,itmeid thll box in questinwI which, was
in fact, his dressing ease, aund diiplayed
the usiual parade of brusnlles, combs,
razors, soup, etc., which ulsually till
that article of traveling ctanfort.
ltir tfriend ,lookeld at the case, thenl
at P'resto n itgiiin. Thoun h heavetd n.
long sigli, anli then polndered.
'W\Vell,' he broke out at length, '1 did
take you to be a sporting gentleman-1
did; but I see you are a btarber, bit if
I'd known it, liag, me if I'd spotken to
you !' And no sayliig, " ho vamIutsed.'
I"antcy thei feelings of our honoerable,
Se, natoir, is , o ii sslitited those vitrious
c·hutlacters il thIo eyes of anL Inxious
IHrte You (tol Any Nails .--A tall,
gawky-oI ,king criltlrymnan, during the
height of Iisittess isettsoit lastt fall, walk
ed into, ullne of the largest wholesale dry
:,odils hoises ill --------. , anld tentirely dis
trtgirdiiig the invitatiins of the nutier
,I-s siltiesiie' l tto irnslctt, thetir latest. pat.
I.rlus, h Csltr'ld inllto t 11) (:0111 ictlg-ro( ,ll,
wi re the hveads of the establishment,
wtre sittitng" in soletmn coneCItl. After
takingl a curstory ghtnt'o tuf thtt rioom,
rind slnrveyilg attetotivtly the fiaces of
its omintiilts, hi asked with anl ucetiou
Ylltt<keo tvwltltg :
a"Sty. ytm'tt gtt.t atlly nlails ?"
"Nails, sir! iails !" repeatied the
mott digiifield I)onhey of the Iot, "no,
sir ; whait should we Ido with nil"s "
"~l aill, I dultin o -thlouglh lmlay le
.oul night. Jhint got Ill unils, eh ?"
"'No, sir," rellied IMinhey agaLin with
n til.phnsin, aid pointing to the dav..
'The indlividual ill st"rich ,if the, tlls
took his tiue,, bItitleft the ci, uftlitr
r ollt l.
In ll t l ' ,I v ,li- e el 'ry .'11. th il th llll~
qi -tii ll, ii iI ri ti . ,iv dl til, l f,. mtlll On
stni y .'l li  t1 .. r. ."p tlll it'' t
\ a II, bu t ra id r-. -lIyi iu. t rort tet
o.., . i, Ii' ''1,1 t n i ,. iha l ,'r ' . liiiti1~h r
Tm I 1plih j11iIt;l xa ltiii .10 , a o tig
, - il l ,t i-, 1I ';tl l , '" l n th i' tll l-lt l llll l , "
h, } u, . : t . h l ,, ,ul i,- t,.nt ' tphe, shoytP
n"" 'Il'vo.m Ir,1,1 'tiil IV'-ri iii prc~ isir ut, (tile
" $ti-uilig , i .wabe li i ,iil Ir tiitmi
t' \' iitt t. i t"ow t e
''4 )c ,,,I ra, , I bt, i b) witlti I ,Iut
"Wit I t," ti ;li tiht' , u't 1t , ylk iii nt i-ui it'
c( l 7, a" iInt ato:li i"I i ;l jt t riof
"Yait --but y i r; lly ii't - _1 1
St 'w se rishtl is rer, il pri.,i , vot,
.4taliig w :